WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. –

Despite a slowdown from March, certified pre-owned sales in April beat year-ago figures by more than 11 percent, and two brands posted their best-ever months.

According to Autodata Corp., there were 214,967 certified sales last month, an 11.3-percent increase from April 2014 and a 3.4-percent decline from March.

Through four months of 2015, the industry has sold 829,981 certified vehicles, beating last year’s pace by 11.4 percent.

Enjoying record-high CPO sales were Land Rover, which sold 1,201 units in April (up 12.3 percent year-over-year), and Porsche, which moved 1,209 certified vehicles (up 18.6 percent), Autodata reported. Through four months, Land Rover has sold 4,345 CPO vehicles (up 15.9 percent), and Porsche has sold 4,240 (up 15.7 percent). 

The daily selling rate for CPO sales in April was 8,268, up from 7,427 in the same month of 2014.